These heart-shaped Danish pastries are perfect for a memorable Valentine’s Day breakfast or brunch, but they are also a great treat to enjoy any day of the week. With layers of buttery pastry dough and a sweet and creamy filling, these heart-shaped pastries are sure to win over your loved ones’ hearts. So, get ready to roll up your sleeves, and let’s get baking!
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HOW TO MAKE HEART-SHAPED DANISH PASTRIES
INGREDIENTS TO MAKE DANISHES FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
Take some help from the grocery store to make a batch of these simple heart-shaped Danish pastries. Refrigerated crescent roll dough makes these pastries light, flaky, and flavorful.
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- refrigerated crescent dough
- cream cheese
- vanilla extract
- powdered sugar
- fresh raspberries
- lemon juice
- mixing bowls
- baking pan
HOW TO TURN CRESCENT ROLLS INTO HEARTS
Start by removing the crescent dough from the packaging. Use a serrated knife to cut the dough log in half.
Place the two halves of the dough next to each other. Unroll a small amount of dough from each log and overlap the dough slightly. Press this overlap together to connect the two logs.
Use the knife to cut slices from this double log of crescent dough. You should be able to make about eight slices from one package of dough.
Pinch the bottom of this slice of dough together to make the point of the heart. Round the top of the dough to make the top of the heart. Finally, for these pastries, you will want to create an indentation in the pastry to hold the cream cheese filling. Do this by pressing the dough down into a heart shape in the middle of the dough.
HEART-SHAPED DANISH PASTRIES WITH CITRUS GLAZE
These sweet pastries are quick and easy to make for any special occasion. The Danish recipe is great for Valentine’s Day but you can also make them for baby showers or bridal showers, Mother’s Day, or Galentine’s Day brunch!
HOW TO MAKE HEART-SHAPED DANISH PASTRIES
Print PinEquipment
- baking pan
- parchment
- Mixing bowls
- Spatula
Ingredients
The filling:
- 4 oz cream cheese softened ½ block of cream cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar ½ cup to make sweeter
- 1/3 cup raspberries
Glaze:
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice Fresh squeezed recommended
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare baking pan by lining it with parchment paper.
Raspberry Cream Cheese Filling
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix the softened cream cheese, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, and raspberries.
Crescent Roll Pastry
- Prepare crescent dough by cutting the roll in half. Set the halves side by side, with the dough sheet bottom facing each other.
- Overlap the dough out slightly and press the dough sheets together.
- Slice the double log of dough into 1 inch thick slices.
- Form into heart shapes by pinching the end into a point and pressing with your fingers in the dough to round out the heart shape. Make the center a bit sunken to make room for the filling.
- Lay each heart shape onto the parchment paper in the baking pan.
- Spoon the raspberry cream cheese filling onto each crescent dough center, following the heart shape.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.
Glaze
- In a small bowl, squeeze about 1 T of lemon juice and stir in the powdered sugar.
- Drizzle over each heart shape and enjoy.
INGREDIENT VARIATIONS FOR HEART-SHAPED DANISHES
- You can use either the crescent roll dough with the perforations or the crescent dough that is one large piece. If you use the perforated dough meant for crescent rolls you may need to press the dough together a bit so it doesn’t split apart.
- You can use any fresh berries you would like for the cream cheese mixture. Blackberries and strawberries are both delicious options.
- If fresh berries aren’t an option you can substitute cherry pie filling or strawberry jam. These options will make the cream cheese Danish pastries more sweet.
- You can also change out the plain cream cheese and use strawberry cream cheese or another flavor of cream cheese.
- Change the flavor profile of the simple glaze by making it with fresh orange juice instead of lemon juice.
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